IRVINE – Seven people have taken out nomination paperwork to run for two open seats on Irvine City Council, while two others have submitted the paperwork to run for mayor on the five-person council.

Incumbent Beth Krom, Evan Chemers, Katherine Daigle, Gavin Huntley-Fenner, Lynn Schott, Christina Shea and P.K. Wong picked up documents to run for the two regular council spots. As of Thursday afternoon, all except Daigle and Schott had turned them in.

Daigle also pulled papers to run in the race for mayor but has not turned them in.

To qualify to be a candidate in the Nov. 6 election, the nomination forms and candidate statements must be completed and submitted to the City Clerk’s office by 5 p.m. Friday.

In the race for mayor, incumbent Councilmen Steven Choi and Larry Agran have filed nomination papers and candidate statements.

Agran is in the middle of his term and will retain his seat if he loses the mayoral race. If Agran wins, another council seat will open up for the council candidate with the third-highest amount of votes.

Mayor Sukhee Kang is running for Congress in the new 45th District, which includes Villa Park, Tustin, Irvine, Lake Forest and Mission Viejo.

Chemers is on the board of Quail Hill Community Association and is president and CEO of Pantheon Packaging Corp. He ran for City Council in 2010.

Daigle is on the board of Woodbridge Village Association in Irvine.

Huntley-Fenner sits on the Irvine Unified School District Board.

Krom is a city council incumbent.

Schott is on the city’s Community Services Commission and ran for the council in 2010.

Shea is on the city’s Planning Commission and was mayor in 1996-2000 and a council member from1992-1996 and 2002-2010.

Wong is the chair of Irvine Senior Citizens Council, co-chair of the Support Our Schools initiative and is on the city’s Finance Commission.

REGISTER TO VOTE

Residents can pick up voter registration forms at the City Clerk’s office at 1 Civic Center Parkway. The office is open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on alternating Fridays. Voters can also register online at ocvote.com